Not that it doesn't do a boy good, though, once in a while, to have a good tanning.

But I don't recommend it for a steady diet." "Bob's father has never whipped him since he was a small lad," went on Mrs.Henderson.

"Not that he doesn't seem to deserve it sometimes even now, but Mr.Henderson believes in talking to him and showing him how wrong he has acted." "Yes, talk is good," admitted the mariner, "but if there's a rope's end handy, it sometimes makes the talk a little more effective--just a little bit." "I suppose life aboard a sailing ship is very hard now-a-days," ventured Mrs.Henderson.

Somehow she dwelt on the plan of having the captain take Bob, though she felt she could not consent to it.
"No harder than it ever was.

In fact, it's easier than when I was a boy and ran away to sea.